The mayor of Udine Fontanini, on the eve of race one (at 6 pm at Carnera), met the team. “You are showing that you have an edge, aim for promotion to A”
UDINE. It is time for the play-off semifinal at Apu and on the eve of match one with Scafati (duo at 6 pm at Carnera) the mayor of Udine Piero Fontanini also arrived at the building to give the Old Wild West the charge.
The mayor, who was accompanied by the councilor for sport Antonio Falcone, spoke to the team at noon at the end of training (this morning there will be only a shooting session). «The wish I make to you – he attacked speaking to the group sitting in the parterre – is obvious. I speak as a fan and basketball enthusiast.
Our city has a great basketball tradition and for what you have done this season you are worthy heirs of the teams of the past. You have shown that you have something more than in previous years. Keep it up, keep the name of Udine high in Italy and make our city known ». The mayor did not show off superstition talking about Serie A.
“Why not? It would be the greatest satisfaction for us and for you. If this promotion were to arrive, it would force us to review something about the arena. The Carnera has recently been refurbished, but shows some deficiencies. For Serie A it would not be enough ».
He is echoed by the councilor for sport Antonio Falcone who recalled the day of the presentation in Piazza Libertà last summer: «We felt that there was a different energy, an air of change. This energy has paid off. It has been a bit of a particular year with people locked up at home, but with your results you have managed to give the public a bit of emotion. The new building? You get where you want to go and you will put us in a position to face the problem ».
Doing the honors for the Apu Old Wild West was the managing director Gianpaolo Graberi who, after chatting with his guests, also thanked by coach Boniciolli, underlined first of all “the importance of getting back to the sports hall a little public ». Then he remarked: «We arrived where we wanted, we face an opponent, Scafati, with our same ambitions and perhaps with something more on a technical level because it was built specifically for the leap in category.
We have the small advantage of the eventual beauty in the house, but above all the free head to go and play it without worries. If we think about where this club was a few years ago, winning the final would have a historical and unthinkable significance ». And now the word goes to the field.